cruz chic Posted February 22, 2016 Author #26 Share Posted February 22, 2016 My cruise docs for our upcoming 33 day cruise say there will only be five gala nights. I was quite surprised to read that. Pleased though, as it will make packing easier. It looks that that is in line with the amount of gala on my cruise (prorated). It will be much easier to pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted February 22, 2016 #27 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Our 21 day repositioning cruise has 4 Gala nights. When we did this same exact cruise in 2013 we had 5 formal nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted February 22, 2016 #28 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Not that long ago, a 33 day cruise would have had almost double formal nights. There probably would have been 9 or 10. There have been 8 formal nights on cruises of 33-35 days going back at least as far as 2003. I've taken several of that length in that time period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie68 Posted February 22, 2016 #29 Share Posted February 22, 2016 There have been 8 formal nights on cruises of 33-35 days going back at least as far as 2003. I've taken several of that length in that time period. Makes sense. There used to be 6 on a 22-day, then they turned the last one into "formal optional" and then it was all downhill from then on.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted February 22, 2016 #30 Share Posted February 22, 2016 There have been 8 formal nights on cruises of 33-35 days going back at least as far as 2003. I've taken several of that length in that time period. That's my experience too Ruth. And our 8 was reduced to 6 -as it was very port intensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted February 22, 2016 #31 Share Posted February 22, 2016 That's my experience too Ruth. And our 8 was reduced to 6 -as it was very port intensive. I've taken a lot of cruises of 20+ days, up to 39 days. What I noticed under the old formal nights system was that it was pretty much held to 2 formal nights per week, until you got up near the 20-day range. Then, it had to be a full week before even one more formal night was added. So, even though it would seem that there should have been more than 8 formal nights once it got to 33 or 34 days, there weren't. Even at 35 I would have expected 10, but no---it was 8. I wish I had copied, or at least made a mental note, of the chart for number of Gala nights per length of cruise. I must have seen it on this site, but don't remember anything else except there was one. It would be handy to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowPrincess Posted February 22, 2016 #32 Share Posted February 22, 2016 RuthC, I may have found what you are referring to. I have a pretty good memory (as you do, apparently!) and found what I think is the post. The info on # of formal nights is toward the end of the post. (I'm also pretty good at Search, despite CC's Search function not being terribly friendly ;) ) http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showpost.php?p=43972317&postcount=3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted February 23, 2016 #33 Share Posted February 23, 2016 RuthC, I may have found what you are referring to. That's probably it! :D I would remember something written in table format. Thanks for confirming my memory, and giving us the specific number of Gala nights for cruise length. Nice hunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowPrincess Posted February 23, 2016 #34 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Happy to help :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted February 23, 2016 #35 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Very helpful ..... especially if HAL actually is somewhat consistent which we know is not always the case. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruz chic Posted February 23, 2016 Author #36 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Very helpful ..... especially if HAL actually is somewhat consistent which we know is not always the case. :) That's for sure :D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie68 Posted February 23, 2016 #37 Share Posted February 23, 2016 That's for sure :D. At least it is something in writing from HAL to go by so a good start and thanks to the poster for taking the time to find it and share it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapper1 Posted February 23, 2016 #38 Share Posted February 23, 2016 It looks that that is in line with the amount of gala on my cruise (prorated). It will be much easier to pack. Much easier---and that's a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stakeout Posted February 23, 2016 #39 Share Posted February 23, 2016 next week's back to back 14+14 Canal cruises .. on my docs ..3+3.. we always eat in the DR so wife's happy-- I wish I could negotiate it down to 1+1 . guess not :) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowPrincess Posted February 23, 2016 #40 Share Posted February 23, 2016 At least it is something in writing from HAL to go by so a good start and thanks to the poster for taking the time to find it and share it. You're welcome, glad you thought it was helpful. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted February 23, 2016 #41 Share Posted February 23, 2016 next week's back to back 14+14 Canal cruises .. on my docs ..3+3.. Sounds exactly right based on the table Cow Princess linked to. Nice to see some consistency for a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted February 23, 2016 #42 Share Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) Sounds exactly right based on the table Cow Princess linked to. Nice to see some consistency for a change. "Consistency" and "HAL" are not often used in the same sentence. :D Edited February 23, 2016 by sail7seas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruz chic Posted February 23, 2016 Author #43 Share Posted February 23, 2016 "Consistency" and "HAL" are not often used in the same sentence. :D All too true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beafal Posted September 30, 2017 #44 Share Posted September 30, 2017 I also need to know but have not printed my docs yet! I would think it was 3 also but that's fine with 2. Will they do something on Halloween night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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